Marine From Arkansas Dies In Military Hospital in Germany

The US Department of Defense says a Marine from Gentry has died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

The department said in a news release Tuesday that 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Benjamin Tuttle died Sunday at the military hospital where he was taken following a medical evacuation from the aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz.

A cause of death was not release and the defense department says the death is still under investigation.